Welcome to the new www.thehour.com

We at The Hour Publishing Company are happy to unveil our updated website www.thehour.com.

Our website uses a brand new technology that will totally revamp the mobile experience for our readers. Over 50 percent of our online readers now come to thehour.com via tablets and smartphones, so it was a priority for us to provide the same website experience on mobile devices as was experienced on desktop computers.

The new thehour.com has what is called reflexive technology, which will adjust to the size of your mobile device's screen while maintaining all of the same functionality. This means that slideshows, videos, story suggestions and more will now be available to you on your mobile device.

The new homepage features big, bold photos to grab your attention and pull you into our local news stories. We provide more local stories then any of our competitors and it is important that you can easily access them from wherever you happen to be.

You can still comment using Facebeook, a feature we take pride on being well moderated and intelligent, and you can also share stories and photos with your social networks on Facebook and Twitter with just the click of button.

Our calendar feature of local and state events, where you can also post your own event, has been enhanced and it is now easier to search to find interesting local activities.

Norwalk residents get their city's news from our website more than any other place online. It is important we don't sit back on our success, but grow to always continue to address the readers' needs, and present our news where it is consumed.

As Norwalk's newspaper of record, our 144-year-old print edition is our pride and joy, but we have paired with our enhanced website as we move farther into the future.

We will continue to tweak this new website as the days and weeks go on, and we would love to hear what you think. Please feel free to do so by leaving a comment below or e-mail news@thehour.com.